Ellis has summarizes not spoken recalls publicly since his injury was revealed Wednesday and his agent, Jeff Fried, declined comment when reached by ESPN. He dropped in on the New York Mets last week and has a standing invitation from Torborg to visit the Marlins " Boy, would I love that " Torborg said " If he ever felt like he wanted to come down, he' s certainly welcome. 2 million people tuned in for baseball' s first game of the year played in the United States, five days after the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays opened the 2004 season in Japan The Orioles' 7- 2 win drew a 1. Santana, who was bumped to the bullpen because the Angels went with a four- man rotation in the postseason, pitched 5 1- 3 innings for the series- clinching victory in his postseason debut after Bartolo Colon left in the second inning with an injured shoulder. Tampa Bay never stopped hitting after that, and the Yankees dropped 1# 189; games behind first- place Boston in the AL East " I wish I could have cradled that ball It just seemed like the floodgates opened after that.
After starting his career with an 0- for- 14 skid, Coste has 12 hits in his last 26 at- bats . Rusch lasted 5 2- 3 innings and gave up two runs in winning his second straight start since being recalled from Triple- A on July 5 " Very reminiscent of his start in Milwaukee " Hurdle said " Those are two good starts " Rusch was staked to a 3- 0 lead after Will Taveras manufactured a run in the second . Erick Aybar chased Gonzalez with a two- run single, Quinlan scored on a fielder' s choice grounder by Gary Matthews Jr, and Mark Teixeira' s RBI single against Alan Embree made it 6- 4 . The award, which is voted on by the Professional Basketball Writers Association, is given to a player or coach who shows " outstanding service and dedication to the community " Billups has hosted a charity golf tournament in Detroit in each of the last three summers, and also is involved in work in Minneapolis and his hometown of Denver " It' s a great award " Billups said in a statement " The thing about doing stuff like that, doing charity work and having a big heart, you never do it for the accolades You do it for the kids . It never has been and never will be " he said " I still believe, as I tell them after I criticize them, that I think you can be[ darn] good . 5 " Michael did everything and I thought he did all right " coach Tom Coughlin said after the practice " He did not look tentative or cautious. Rivers led two Chargers touchdown drives, including an 89- yard drive for the winning score in the final seconds Bill Williamson covers the AFC West for ESPN.
Under Sabean, who was Baseball America' s Executive of the Year in 2003, the Giants have made four playoff appearances, winning three NL West titles and one pennant . Colorado third baseman Garrett Atkins has made seven with Jeff Francis on the mound . Haren' s last road loss was on April 7, at the Los Angeles Angels " They have a real good lineup, and with Verlander pitching, I knew it was going to be a low- scoring game " he said " It was a dogfight, and we came out on the short end " Marcus Thames gave the Tigers a 1- 0 lead with a first- inning homer, his 13th, but Oakland went ahead with single runs in the third and fifth . After his near- catch in the first inning, when he reached over his head in deep center to get the ball in his glove before it popped out when he tumbled to the ground, Hamilton went 5- for- 5 with two long home runs